Océanique: Partie des Isles Philippines pl. 7

Description

original-colour lithograph map from ‘Atlas Universel de Geographie…’, (Oceanique no. 7);

This 6 vol. Atlas contains 382 lithographed mapsheets and 40 plates of statistical data by Henri Ode (mostly hand-coloured in outline) and was published in instalments over 3 years. The maps in the atlas make up the first map of the world on a uniform scale and the first lithograph atlas created on a modified conical projection and, if assembled form a globe with a diameter of 7.75m, although only one such was known to have been assembled, by the author himself, and requiring a specially designed room. A text box gives extensive information on Borneo.